Day 1: 365 Project

Happy New Year!

What is the 365 Project? I'm happy you asked! The definition is different for everyone, but for me it's simple: A picture a day. Easier than it sounds, I'm sure of it, but I'm up for the challenge! I'll also write a short blog/caption to go along with the picture to explain why I took it and what it is.

Well, since today is the first day of the year, that means it's my first day to post a picture. Now, I'm just warning you because these pictures may not always be very creative and look pretty. They may just be random sightings of weird things I see throughout my day. Other times, I'm hoping to be more creative.

And I'm sure there will be days that I miss because that's life. For every day that I miss though, I plan to post that many pictures in my next post.

Goal: 365 pictures by December 31, 2011

Now, you'll have to excuse me for the first day. I had planned to post a picture from New Years, but when looking through the pictures I realized that I didn't take most of them and the picture should be of something I took a picture of.

So this is what I'm giving you:

Note: This picture is supposed to be horizontal, but for some reason Blogspot decided to change it and won't let me change it back.

Anyway, these are my sparkly nails to start the New Year! I'm not very good at painting nails as you can see because I can't sit long enough to wait for them to dry. I still like the sparkles a lot though.

If you would like to see what all this is about and are considering joining in the photo-rific fun, then please visit the 365 Project website.

If you sign up, please follow me! Here's my link: http://365project.org/mooshizzle/profile

See you for Day 2!

Wedding Cards, thoughts

I've spent a good portion of my day so far cleaning up around the apartment. This place has managed to make a disaster of itself while I was busy with my last couple weeks of school. There's been two boxes of wedding cards in our living room under our coffee table. I decided that since I have since finished writing my thank you notes, I decided to make the two boxes, one. I decided to read through the cards again because it's just a lot of fun. I was reminded how blessed Sam and  I are to have such wonderful and loving family and friends. There were also two cards that jumped out at me. One, being a fun card that I thought was just really unique.

 

See? Completely adorable!

The second card is filled with beautiful words. Something that every husband and wife should live by. Here's what it says:

How to Make A Beautiful Life Together

Reflections on Marriage For the Bride and Groom

Let love be your shelter.

The world is noisy and confusing at times,

so make a home that is a haven, 

a peaceful place where you can listen to your hearts and savor

the comfortable closeness you share.

No matter how busy your days may be,

make time for yourselves.

Hold hands. Unwind. Surprise each other.

Find little chances every day

to show you're grateful to be partners,

to be friends, to be married.

Life is not perfect.

You will make mistakes, 

but each time you meet life's challenges together, 

you will grow wiser, stronger,

and surer of your love.

Cherish your yesterdays.

They are irreplaceable souvenirs

of your journey through life.

Make memories

that will bring smiles and sighs

whenever you look back.

(Look back often!)

Look forward, too.

Dream together. Plan together. 

Make promises to keep.

Believe in your tomorrows,

because tomorrows are what forever is made of.

To make love last, 

put each other first.

That is the way to make a beautiful life together,

and the kind of life you deserve so much.

These are truly encouraging and beautiful words. I don't know much about marriage, but I know that this is how I want ours to be.

The coming year

I never usually make resolutions. I always view them as promises you make, but end up breaking. Just never really understood them. There's the classics: lose weight, read my Bible more, less sweets, learn something new, spend more time with my family, or just read more in general. Those would be great things, if people actually stuck to them.

This year, I'm going to actually make some. I'm no longer in school so I would like to make some goals for myself, even if they aren't super significant. And in a year, I'm going to come back to this post and see how well I stuck to them. Here's my resolution list as it stands right now:

1. A friend of mine posted a link to the 365 project website. I thought this would be something really fun to do, especially since I already love taking pictures. I plan to take a picture a day, of anything really, whether it's with a camera or just with my phone. I'll probably post it on my blog and write a little something about the picture, probably why I took it and explain what it is. If you're interested, you should join me.

2. Now that I'm not in school anymore, I want to read more. I won't have any studying or mandatory readings for any of my classes, so reading for pleasure will be fun. I'll probably just start with the goal of reading one book a month and see where it goes. If I read more, then great, but by the end of the year I want to have read 12 books. I know some of the books I would like to read: All the Dexter books, the rest of my Nicholas Sparks collection, Almost Moon by Alice Sebold and Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. Adding these books all together, it's more than 12, but if you have any suggestions then please let me know! I'd love to hear them.

3. I follow this blog, The Generous Wife. Sometimes it has really useful information, and sometimes not. But she posted something a few days ago that I thought was a wonderful idea. Have you seen these?

What you do is every time you think of a blessing, or something good happens, or maybe even something bad that happens to you, but you see it as a blessing write it down then put it in the jar. At the end of the year, open the jar up and read all of them inside. I think would be a lot of fun and remind you of all the great things that happened to you throughout the year. This is something that I plan to do (hopefully Sam will join me!). I encourage you to do it also.

And on a side note, I plan to write in my blog more often. Not a resolution because I know it'll happen because it's already started and I've only been out of school for one day.

Share your resolutions!
Have a blessed weekend!